BEE HIVE LEASE

Annual fee for 1 Standard Hive = $350

The Urban Bee team will do regular hive checks, depending on time of year - approximately every 6 weeks, 3-4 weeks in the Spring / Summer Honey Flow Period.

Both Matthew and Catherine are Approved Beekeepers with AsureQuality Limited and have their DECA (Disease Elimination Conformity Agreement), certifying them to check any hives and recognise diseases.

Your Bee Hive Lease includes :

• Hive health inspections, for Varroa mite, and disease e.g. American Foulbrood, a highly infectious and fatal bacterial disease.
• Re-queening if the queen isn't productive or dies.
• Additional boxes as hive progresses into summer production.
• Honey removal for processing and distribution: up to 15kg, dependant on your hive's production.
• Wintering down; health check, varroa control and managing the colony so it survives the winter months.
• Feeding your hive during colder periods when there is less nectar.
• Urban Bees register your hive and pay your NZ biosecurity AsureQuality hive levies.
• Travel costs are included, regardless of your area (within reason).

$115 for each extra hive.

$100 Decorative lids

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